The Virtuous Sin (1930)

Directors

George Cukor, Louis J. Gasnier

Cast

Gordon McLeod, Jobyna Howland, Kay Francis, Kenneth MacKenna, Oscar Apfel, Paul Cavanagh, Victor Potel, Walter Huston

The story

Marya is married to medical student Victor Sablin, who finds it impossible to deal with military life when he is inducted into the Russian army during World War I. When her husband is sentenced to death by firing squad due to his insubordination, Marya offers herself to General Gregori Platoff in order to save him. When the two unexpectedly fall in love, Victor — not caring that his life has been spared — threatens to kill his rival.

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